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Windows Home Server & Your Digital Home

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 Coming Mid-2009November 28

Australian magazine APC recently interviewed Stephen Leonard, Senior Product Manager for Windows Home Server regarding plans to release “basic” and “advanced” versions of the product in the future. Whilst splitting the platform into two SKUs is still under consideration (potentially with more entertainment focused features in the advanced version), Leonard confirmed that the V2 release will be preceded by a second Power Pack update in the middle of next year.

“Ideally we want to be able to release a product every year, around the same time” Leonard told APC. “We’d love to have an update for customers and OEMs, we released Power Pack 1 in our summer and certainly within the same year timeframe you’ll see another (update).”

“The Power Pack 1 name was a slight departure from the Microsoft terminology, where a lot of the time you hear things like Service Pack 1” Leonard explains. “We chose Power Pack 1 for a couple of reasons. One is that it wasn’t just a service pack. It had enhancements, but we also added new features and functionality. And with consumers being our primary customers for Windows Home Server, we wanted the name to be friendly. The next update will likely be something similar. We’re going to be fixing some things, and adding some features and functionality. It’ll be something similar to what you’ve seen so far (with Power Pack 1).”

So, if you’ve been betting the house on Windows Home Server v2 being rel

WHS Toolkit v1.1November 26

Looks like the 64-bit version of the WHS Toolkit is now available. For those of us running 64-bit versions of windows, this is a long awaited program.

And I only discovered this after submitting a couple of bugs on Connect for Windows 7!

Available for download:
WHS Toolkit v1.1 x64 (3.1MB)
WHS Toolkit v1.1 x32 (3.1MB)

As mentioned over the weekend, Microsoft today released an update for Windows Home Server which provides fixes for a number of reported issues with home computer backup and remote access, including the notorious “79%” problem.

Details as follows, from KB 957825:

This update improves the interaction between home computers that are running Windows Vista and a Windows Home Server-based system when you copy files or folders to a shared folder. Other storage-related improvements are included to address specific issues that are listed in the “More Information” section. Additionally, this update resolves certain issues that may occur when you restore files and folders from Windows Home Server. The update also improves the search functionality when you use remote access.

Shared Folders and Server Storage

Issue 1

Before this update is installed, the ability to copy large files or folders from a home computer that is running Windows Vista to a shared folder on the home server is limited by the free space on the primary hard disk drive of the Windows Home Server-based system. After this update is installed, the file size is limited to the free space on the target hard disk drives that are connected to the home server.

Issue 2

Sometimes, Windows Home Server generates lots of notification messages about the files that are stored in shared folders. These notification

Tranquil PC Offer Early VAT Reduction to AllNovember 24

Over here in the UK, the government today announced plans to tackle recession and encourage consumer spending through a 2.5% reduction in VAT (UK Sales Tax), dropping from 17.5% (yep, you read that correctly) down to 15% from December 1st. Cue every shop in the country being forced to change every price in their store in the midst of Christmas trading. Ouch.

Anyway, Tranquil PC dropped me a note to announce that they’re celebrating by offering a 2.5% reduction on all purchases (whether you’re inside or outside the UK) from today up until midnight on November 30th by using this coupon code: VATUK25

More Info: Tranquil PC